@article{c66592ec665e47bfb956a184700a85f6,
title = "Background model for the NaI(Tl) crystals in COSINE-100",
abstract = "The COSINE-100 dark matter search experiment is an array of NaI(Tl) crystal detectors located in the Yangyang Underground Laboratory (Y2L). To understand measured backgrounds in the NaI(Tl) crystals we have performed Monte Carlo simulations using the Geant4 toolkit and developed background models for each crystal that consider contributions from both internal and external sources, including cosmogenic nuclides. The background models are based on comparisons of measurement data with Monte Carlo simulations that are guided by a campaign of material assays and are used to evaluate backgrounds and identify their sources. The average background level for the six crystals (70 kg total mass) that are studied is 3.5 counts/day/keV/kg in the (2–6) keV energy interval. The dominant contributors in this energy region are found to be 210Pb and 3H.",
author = "P. Adhikari and G. Adhikari and Souza, {E. Barbosa de} and N. Carlin and S. Choi and Choi, {W. Q.} and M. Djamal and Ezeribe, {A. C.} and C. Ha and Hahn, {I. S.} and Hubbard, {A. J.F.} and Jeon, {E. J.} and Jo, {J. H.} and Joo, {H. W.} and Kang, {W. G.} and M. Kauer and Kang, {W. S.} and Kim, {B. H.} and H. Kim and Kim, {H. J.} and Kim, {K. W.} and Kim, {M. C.} and Kim, {N. Y.} and Kim, {S. K.} and Kim, {Y. D.} and Kim, {Y. H.} and Kudryavtsev, {V. A.} and Lee, {H. S.} and J. Lee and Lee, {J. Y.} and Lee, {M. H.} and Leonard, {D. S.} and Lynch, {W. A.} and Maruyama, {R. H.} and F. Mouton and Olsen, {S. L.} and Park, {H. K.} and Park, {H. S.} and Park, {J. S.} and Park, {K. S.} and W. Pettus and H. Prihtiadi and S. Ra and C. Rott and A. Scarff and Spooner, {N. J.C.} and Thompson, {W. G.} and L. Yang and Yong, {S. H.}",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgements We thank the Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) Company for providing underground laboratory space at Yangyang. This work is supported by: the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) under project code IBS-R016-A1, Republic of Korea; UIUC campus research board, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship, NSF Grants no. PHY-1151795, PHY-1457995, DGE-1122492 and DGE-1256259, WIPAC, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Yale University and DOE/NNSA Grant no. DE-FC52-08NA28752, United States; STFC Grant ST/N000277/1 and ST/K001337/1, United Kingdom; and CNPq and Grant no. 2017/02952-0 FAPESP, Brazil.",
year = "2018",
month = jun,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-5970-2",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "78",
journal = "European Physical Journal C",
issn = "1434-6044",
publisher = "Springer New York",
number = "6",
}